If anything, it was Hiei keeping himself at a distance - walls up and so carefully turned away - that made his efforts useless. If the fire apparition could meet his eye it would indicate a level of unbothered that can not be accomplished in such a defensive posture. It keeps the fox equally tense, trying to navigate the mine field between them delicately and not upset the balance of whatever shaky truce this was amounting to, so far.

Hiei settles finally and Kurama lies back in the flowers as if consciously making the effort to keep himself lower and unable to react as quickly, should the fire apparition feel uncomfortable enough to move. Some of the plants along the border do shift, as if to confirm the accusation, but nothing that grew within this space was meant to be dangerous.

Green eyes close with a soft sigh, taking a moment to listen to the wildlife that managed to live this close to the demonic forest and survive. The retort doesn't go unnoticed, the double meaning perhaps overlooked in favor of the more obvious barb intended. Even the most innocuous unintentional acts could cause harm, somehow he'd set something off without meaning to, which seems to be their norm these days.

He's not going to argue, rolling onto his side with his back to Hiei, instead. Idly running his fingers through the flowers there, if only to give his mind anything else to focus on while he thinks before speaking hesitantly, “Perhaps coming here at all was unwise.”